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Ground Rules for the Windows vs. Mac War

Posted by Zonk on from the users-need-to-think-before-they-pick-names dept.

FreshlyShornBalls writes "The New York Times is running a story that I think needs to be seen by everyone on both sides of the on-going Macintosh vs. Windows debate (i.e. just about everyone who posts on Slashdot): Some ground rules for the Windows vs. Mac War." From the article: "Last week, I wrote about some of the changes Microsoft has in store for the next version of Windows, which is slated for the end of 2006. Interestingly, very few of you responded to that column, probably because so much may change in the next 19 months. But a few of you fired off diatribes about how I'm either a Microsoft 'shill' or an Apple 'apologist' (or maybe it was the other way around). It's not just me, either; it's a running sardonic joke among tech columnists that you can't even USE the word 'Apple' or 'Microsoft' without getting hate mail from somebody or other."

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  1. 3. No Condemning something until you tried it by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So I have to go broke buying Software and Hardware I will never use, just to keep this tech writer's poor feewings from being hurt?

    Nope. If it has specs and those specs indicate a specific thing, it's fair game.

    That said, I love both, so you probably won't see me griping either way.

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    1. Re:3. No Condemning something until you tried it by soupdevil · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      No condemning something until you've tried it? I guess this means that from now on all judges will have to commit crimes before being able to try a defendant for those crimes.

  2. Re:Apple zelots are a double edged sword. by Harinezumi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Mac ones are just particularly loud and visible.

  3. -1 hyperbole by globaljustin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod parent down...S/he makes a huge logical leap...

    ANYONE who uses a Mac, or Linux, or any other OS that's not Windows, ALMOST CERTAINLY has made an informed decision to do so based on harsh experience with Microsoft's crap.(emphasis added)

    People make uninformed Mac purchases all the time. (Linux is another story, and ultimately off-topic in this thread)

    Most undergradbots here at CU boulder sport the iPod...not b/c of it's sound, or storage or any fo that, no...they buy b/c iPods have good marketing. Many that I've talked to don't even know that other mp3 players exist.

    To assume someone who buys a Mac is doing so b/c they don't like windows is just dumb.

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